Real-time capture of horizontal gene transfers from gut microbiota by engineered CRISPR-Cas acquisition
Christian Munck, Ravi U. Sheth, Daniel E. Freedberg, Harris H. Wang
This study uses engineered CRISPR-Cas to capture real-time horizontal gene transfer events from gut microbiota at nucleotide resolution, revealing extensive and rapid transfer of plasmid types, particularly IncX.